{"id":2525,"date":"2023-11-26T20:28:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2525"},"modified":"2023-11-27T22:40:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:40:39","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/a-poems\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Africa<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on March 23, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nThe cradle of the human race,<br \/>\nWhere modern man first showed his face,<br \/>\nThe homo races natal place &#8211;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Massive mountains topped with snow<br \/>\nWith plains and jungle far below,<br \/>\nWhere all of nature seems to grow<br \/>\nWild Africa<\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature&#8217;s widest span,<br \/>\nSafari could be perfect plan,<br \/>\nFor anyone who finds they can<br \/>\nSee Africa<\/p>\n<p>The racist farmers tried to rule<br \/>\nAnd keep all others out of school.<br \/>\nThe ideas of a crazy fool:<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/p>\n<p>Mad dictators still in charge,<br \/>\nQualified through repechage,<br \/>\nPut rampant killers out at large<br \/>\nPoor Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Unhinged gangs who rape and kill,<br \/>\nMutilate for morbid thrill,<br \/>\nBrutality is with us still!<br \/>\nIn Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Democracy may start to thrive<br \/>\nWhile there are good men left alive<br \/>\nAnd to this end we all should strive<br \/>\nFor Africa.<\/p>\n<p>A thousand races interbreed,<br \/>\nTo share resources out of need<br \/>\nAnd say good-bye to foreign greed,<br \/>\nSave Africa!<\/p>\n<p>All man&#8217;s best and worst are here<br \/>\nWith rule of justice or of fear.<br \/>\nSupport the good and hold it dear<br \/>\nAll Africa&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa by cricketjeff on March 23, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved The cradle of the human race, Where modern man first showed his face, The homo races natal place &#8211; That&#8217;s Africa. Massive mountains topped with snow With plains and jungle far below, Where all of nature seems to grow Wild Africa Mother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9692,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8983,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions\/8983"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}